I love the way all the currently serving Military SAR Captains assume that SAR in civvy street will be pretty much the same as in the military......Big difference fellas, you and your crew will be civvies, in which case your current bravado which you speak of as the "SAR Captain" holds a little less water. You are simply responsible for the Aircraft, you will no longer be senior in rank to the backseat "blighters" and if you wish to crack on and break the CAA's rules to get the job done You may find that your crew may not wish to risk their civvie necks. No medals or mentions in dispatches for us civvies! And certainly no medical/ widows pension if the Winchman gets broken.
Different ball game all together
